Health and Care Bill

I call the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, who is participating remotely.

My Lords, your Lordships’ Select Committee on the Constitution, of which I have the honour to be ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak to this group of amendments. I recognise that a public servi...

My Lords, I am very glad I delayed my speech so that I could hear the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege. She in...

My Lords, I shall be brief. I put my name to Clause 40 stand part, and I think that is the best w...

My Lords, I described at Second Reading, or at some point in a meeting with the Minister, an atte...

If anyone cares to look at it, it was also a very good illustration of the benefits of the Indepe...

Indeed, we have a rigorous process involving the overview and scrutiny committee, as has been sai...

My Lords, I want to briefly make clear my support for this group of amendments and try to be cons...

My Lords, I am in favour of surgical excision. I oppose the powers of the Secretary of State in C...

I think the Minister is probably getting the message by now. I shall speak to my Clause 40 stand ...

I thank all noble Lords and noble Baronesses for their contributions. I would be pretty blind or ...

Is the Minister saying that the Government and his department do not trust NHS England to fulfil ...

No, we are saying that, where there is an issue and it is taking a long time, this measure allows...

Does the Minister think that will save time?

Yes.

8.15 pm

My Lords, before the Minister goes on—just so I do not lose the thread here— could he tell us why...

I must clarify here. I have said that we expect the Independent Reconfiguration Panel to continue...

So that presents a problem. What does the Secretary of State do, and what does the independent pa...

The Secretary of State will be advised by the Independent Reconfiguration Panel, especially where...

There are a lot of marginal seats, and there is going to be a general election in two and a half ...

My Lords, following on from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, I ask the Minister to consider the point t...

We agree with the noble Lord. We do not want to waste time by being able to come in only late in ...

Moved by

Lord Crisp

188: Clause 54, page 53, leave out lines 18 to 20 and insert—

My Lords, my five amendments to Clause 54 follow on quite closely from the discussions we have ju...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness ...

My Lords, the amendments in this group, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, aim to ...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to say that I support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I will be brief. In response to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, in fairness, there is log...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of University College London foundation trust. I want to...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendments in this group, so ably introduced by the noble L...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, for introducing this group of amendments a...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, for bringing this debate before the Committee. I hav...

Governments always tell us how much money they have spent, but the question is always: has it met...

There will be money to address the backlog of repairs within that total.

Of course, it is o...

I thank the Minister for that reply. I have one point to make and one question. My point is that ...

I had not quite finished the remarks I was going to make, so perhaps the noble Lord will bear wit...

I thank noble Lords who have spoken in support of the amendment, for the very clear message that ...

I am sorry to interrupt when the Committee was making such good progress. This clause brings into...

I wish to address Amendments 201A, 201B and 201C—my name has been left off Amendment 201A for som...

I shall briefly make two points. First, having looked at this quite carefully, it is good to see ...

My Lords, it is very gratifying that so many noble Lords have decided to come in to take part in ...

I thank the noble Baroness and echo her gratitude to all the noble Lords who have turned up for t...

My Lords, I am most grateful for the Minister’s response to that short debate and for the other c...

Moved by

Baroness Meacher

203: Clause 69, page 62, line 19, at end insert—

“(1A...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 203, I declare my interest as chair of Dignity in Dying, the sister...

I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, to speak remotely.

My Lords, there are two amendments in this group, both dealing with end-of-life arrangements, and...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, is also taking part remotely. I invite h...

My Lords, I wish to oppose the two amendments in this group. Amendment 203 extends the scope of r...

We have just listened to very powerful speeches by the noble Baronesses, Lady Campbell and Lady B...

My Lords, the Green group is operating on the lark and owl system —appropriately enough, you migh...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 297 from the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. He has made th...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. This is an unusual...

My Lords, I think I am about to score a historic double whammy. I thought that I had stayed tonig...

My Lords, your Lordships will know that I have known my noble friend Lord Forsyth as a noble frie...

I was able to be there, but as we got only three minutes to debate it, I did not think it was pos...

Exactly. A draft Bill is preliminary to a Bill; it is not there for the purpose of not being cons...

My Lords, I wish primarily to speak to the amendment standing in the name of the noble Baroness, ...

I support both these amendments. I have listened to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan. In answer to his...

Lord Mackay.

Yes, Lord Mackay. Your Lordships can see how nervous it makes me feel! I think that, in this part...

My Lords, I declare all my interests in palliative care and as a director of Living Well Dying We...

My Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, but was asked at short notice ...

The normal convention in this House is that if a Member is not present at the beginning and end o...

My Lords, I recognise and respect the integrity and passion that underlie Amendment 297. However,...

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate and, given the similarity be...

My Lords—

I will give way at the end of this sentence. It seems to me that what the noble Lord, Lord Forsyt...

I rise with some trepidation to take on the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, but could he just reference...

The noble Lord is trespassing on the old Social Democratic Party by using words like disingenuous...

My Lords, I shall speak to both amendments but I shall speak first to Amendment 203, which, on th...

It might help the Committee if I make clear that, as I understand it, all our Fridays are taken u...

My Lords, perhaps the Minister, in replying, can tell the Committee whether he will talk to the u...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, has been trying to get in for a while.

My Lords, I want to react very briefly to one comment that has been made in debate tonight, which...

My Lords, both these amendments reflect a desire to give people a greater say over the final week...

My Lords, I rise partly because my noble friend Lord Forsyth referred to me earlier and partly be...

My Lords, I rise to speak on my own behalf; I am not representing anybody. The substantive issue ...

My Lords, I believe it is really important to understand what Amendment 297 does and does not do....

My Lords, I would like to speak in support of Amendment 297 from my noble friend Lord Forsyth and...

My Lords, I rise to make just a short contribution. I listened carefully to the words of the nobl...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord but is he aware that in all the countries I cited in my sp...

My Lords, there is a process that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, outlined tonight for h...

My Lords, this debate has probably exposed more that is not resolved rather than what is resolved...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating discussion and debate. I recall watching the debate on the ...

I am most grateful to my noble friend. Could he just clarify what he said? Did he say that there ...

I am afraid that I cannot give that guarantee. I will commit to speak to the Chief Whip about whe...

Oh!

I was not expecting that reaction.

On Amendment 297, it would not be appropriate to include...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, for tabling his amendment. I was asked by other n...

My Lords, it is late. Tempted as I am to respond to all the arguments that have been put—I have s...

My Lords, I have got up twice today to ask people to be succinct. Front Benches and Back Benches ...